Going To The Front
By the early 1870s, it was possible to travel from Delhi via Amritsar, Lahore and Multan to Karachi through a combination of passenger trains run by the Delhi Railway, Punjab Railway, and Scinde Railway, and passenger steamships run by the Indus Steam Flotilla. The North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan were considered strategically important regions because of their access to Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, respectively. Accordingly, the Punjab Northern State Railway was created in 1870-71 to construct and operate the railway between Lahore and Peshawar, and the first section of the line was opened in 1876. Efforts to link Quetta in Balochistan by rail began in 1879 and the link was completed in 1887. In all probability, Horsley’s painting depicts soldiers boarding a train to Peshawar, on their way to Afghanistan across the Khyber Pass.
walter charles horsley(未知艺术家 – 未知艺术家)
Explore the evocative paintings of Walter Charles Horsley, a British artist renowned for his detailed genre & historical scenes, capturing Cairo life & Victorian society.
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作品详情
- 标题: Going To The Front
- 艺术家: walter charles horsley
- 年份: 1878
- 原始尺寸: 124.0 x 185.0 cm
- 格式: Landscape
- 版权状态: 受版权保护
- 观赏地点: 维多利亚纪念堂
- 色彩强度: Monochromatic
- 感知亮度: balanced